as in taverner
the owner or manager of an inn the innkeeper was a very genial, accommodating host

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Recent Examples of innkeeper But the innkeepers reached her with news of impassable roads and mayhem. Barbara Kingsolver, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025 The suspect is charged with three counts of defrauding an innkeeper and is scheduled to be arraigned next month, the Santa Clara District Attorney's Office confirmed to Fox News Digital. Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025 The innkeepers are friendly, helpful and passionate about their city. Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025 There's Mary and Joseph and an innkeeper, but there's also a whole chorus of angels, a barn of animals, and four babies playing baby Jesus on a rotation. Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for innkeeper
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landlord
Noun
  • The failure of a Skid Row landlord is the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for other homeless housing in Los Angeles, a report says.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
  • Why are her landlord and the town of Huntley still coddling her?
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025

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“Innkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innkeeper. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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